Archive for February, 2010
Exchange 2010 – Mail Tips
Mail Tips represents a new functionality in Exchange 2010, that improves user experience and avoid many useless messages. This features are available for users using OWA (Outlook Web Applications; or ex-Outlook Web Access) or outlook 2010.
I will show you how Mail Tips work by using a very simple scenario. Sending an email to an user [...]
Watch out for the latest MS Updates – BSOD included
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A good chance to remember: test it before mass deployment.
More at http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/02/11/restart-issues-after-installing-ms10-015.aspx
AD RMS hotfix – CRITICAL
Companies using Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS) should hurry up and implement the following update before Feb. 22:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=979099
Without this, users will be unable to access protected content from Internet Explorer and Outlook.
Installing OCS 2007 R2 on Windows Server 2008 R2
I’ve just hit one issue trying to install OCS 2007 R2 on Windows 2008 R2. In the page where I’m asked to install Windows Media Format Runtime, I click OK and nothing happens. Without this the installation will not continue.
The solution I found was to manually install Microsoft Windows Media Format Runtime by running the [...]
How to create a Network Connections shortcut in Windows 7 & Vista?
This was a problem since Windows Vista was launched. People used with 2000/XP/2003 were really annoyed by the lack of a shortcut to quickly see a network adapter properties. Going through Network and Sharing Center was a waste of time.
The quickest way to go to Network Connection is by creating a shortcut to NCPA.CPL:
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How to change the active network profile name and icon (Windows 2008, Windows Vista, Windows 7)
It took me some time to find out how to do this. I wanted to achieve the following (on all domain computers):
If you did not notice, the network logo/icon and the active network name is custom.
It can be done via Group Policy – Computer Configuration\Policies\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Network List Manager Policies. In my case [...]
Vista & Windows 7 – This connection requires an active Internet connection
Ever happened to get this error message when running Windows 7 or Vista + a wireless network and a VMWare product (like Player or Workstation)? I’ve run into this error message “This connection requires an active Internet connection” many times when trying to connect via the Connect To menu.
The classic resolution is to initiate [...]
Forget about Workgroup. We have Homegroup in Windows 7.
The Homegroup is probably one of the most useful feature of Windows 7 and home users will love it. After years when sharing was a mess they finally did something to improve peer network sharing.
That’s how the homegroup was born, a sharing model where you don’t need a user/pass to access shared resources, but only [...]